Focus on Life - Week 39 - Your Best Shot

This week Sally gave us the challenge of giving our best shot.  I pondered on it all week.  I have lots of amazing shots.....But instead of going back through the innumerable "stack" of pictures I just went out into my yard and snapped away.  I put the pics into a collage because I couldn't just pic one....

Since I know I would be asked, I will tell you what they are.  The one in the top left and else where that look fuzzy are the beginnings of seed pods from a Magnolia Tree. I have two in my yard and I love the blooms.  Hate the pods once they drop and the leaves once they drop...but while in the tree...they are pretty.  The next one and the one in the right corner and in the bottom row is from flowering bromeliads that grow in my yard. I have several varieties. The one with the purple seed pods is a Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry). I have several of them in my yard also.  They are really pretty. The purple really stands out!  There are two kinds of mushrooms in here also. The one middle bottom has some really cool colors that would look killer in clay and the other one is red in coloration. They are  Polyporus squamosus. Then there is one at the base of a stump that is called Laetiporus sulphureus.  Interesting to look at.  Then I have a couple of pictures with a small butterfly. The bright orange one in the left bottom corner is a flower from a Canna Lily plant.

So there you have it, My Best Shot.   Using the links below, hop around and see what other great pictures are in store for you.  I am sure they will be a wonderful treat.

Focus On Life - Week 38 - Quiet

Quiet....Another interesting challenge by our famous leader, Sally at Studio Sublime.  This was a hard one for me, because even though it is quiet in my house...I am usually working on beads, blogging, crocheting....it is hard to catch me - quiet - ...  But then my husband suggested I let him take pictures of me reading outside on our swing...Ok...I can do that.  I do take time almost every day to read.  Helps me stay focused.  My new favorite author while I am waiting on some others to come out is Clive Cussler.  I have really developed a love of his books and since there are over 50...well I will be reading for a while.  So I went and sat on the swing and let my husband take a picture...of course he didn't tell me I needed to pull my shirt straight...shows all the bulges...oh welll.. ...  Enjoy the rest of us being quiet at Sally's. And thanks for looking.

Focus on Life Week 37 - In Motion

Our esteemed leader, Sally, gave us a challenge this week to take pictures of "in motion".  Hmmm, I don't have small children that are always in motion. I sit at a desk. My dog is old...so she doesn't move a lot.  I thought all week.  And since I have had the chance to purchase a new camera I was ready!

But what to snap pictures of......Yesterday, Thursday, my husband and I wanted to get out of the house (we are retired, but I sit a a desk to work on jewelry).  So I grabbed some old bread and we headed to the springs.  Well since I keep my camera close by, I dropped into my purse, just in case....

Well, on the way there, AHA (light bulb goes off). We are going to feed the birds at the springs..birds fly...motion!    Whoo hoooooo. I had it in the bag!  So while my husband threw bread I snapped pictures. In fact by the time we were finished I had snapped 50 pictures.  DON'T worry, I didn't post them all. I took the ones of the "in motion" birds and created two collages.  Enjoy, I know I did. And after that, click on any of the other "in motion" pictures to see what everyone else came up with.

Cheers!

Focus On Life Week 36 - In Two

Well, I still haven't been able to get a camera.  Can't decide on what I want....anyway since our prompt was about two...I posted a collage of some of my earrings that I made that will soon be on my etsy page. To have a set of earrings you need two!  Reminds me of the Wrigley's gum commercial on Noah's Ark....I bet some of you remember it......lol!